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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-battle axe.ogg Forms: battle axes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} battle axe (plural battle axes)
  1. An ancient military weapon, an axe designed for combat, including (in heraldry) when borne on arms as a mark of prowess. Categories (topical): Heraldic charges, Stock characters, String instruments, Weapons Synonyms: battleaxe, battle-ax, battleax Related terms: polearm, twibill Translations (ancient military weapon): πέλεκυς (pélekus) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), տապար (tapar) (Armenian), atxa [feminine] (Catalan), 戰斧 (Chinese Mandarin), 战斧 (zhànfǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 斧鉞 (Chinese Mandarin), 斧钺 (fǔyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), 大斧子 (dàfǔzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 戚揚 (Chinese Mandarin), 戚扬 (qīyáng) (Chinese Mandarin), stridsøkse [common-gender] (Danish), strijdbijl [masculine] (Dutch), batala hakilo (Esperanto), sõjakirves (Estonian), tapper (Estonian), võitluskirves (Estonian), stríðsøks [feminine] (Faroese), taistelukirves (Finnish), sotakirves (Finnish), hache d’armes [feminine] (French), ნაჯახი (naǯaxi) (Georgian), ცული (culi) (Georgian), Streitaxt [feminine] (German), πέλεκυς (pélekys) [masculine] (Greek), csatabárd (Hungarian), tua chatha [feminine] (Irish), балт (balt) (Kalmyk), айбалта (aybalta) (Kumyk), kovos kirvis [masculine] (Lithuanian), piharoa (Maori), بالطه (balta) (Ottoman Turkish), تبر (teber) (Ottoman Turkish), فاس (fas) (Ottoman Turkish), تبرزین (tabarzin) (Persian), topór bojowy [masculine] (Polish), acha [feminine] (Portuguese), боево́й топо́р (bojevój topór) [masculine] (Russian), секи́ра (sekíra) [feminine] (Russian), ай-малта (ay-malta) (Southern Altai), hacha de armas [masculine] (Spanish), stridsyxa [common-gender] (Swedish), bila [common-gender] (Swedish), savaş baltası (Turkish), бойова соки́ра (bojova sokýra) [feminine] (Ukrainian), топі́р (topír) [masculine] (Ukrainian), komipacüd (Volapük)
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  2. (informal, sometimes humorous) A domineering, antagonistic woman. Tags: humorous, informal, sometimes Categories (topical): Female people Synonyms (antagonistic woman): shrew Translations (belligerent woman): 老潑婦 (Chinese Mandarin), 老泼妇 (lǎopōfù) (Chinese Mandarin), amatsoni (Finnish), harpia [feminine] (Polish), herod-baba [feminine] (Polish), hetera [feminine] (Polish), kobieton [masculine] (Polish), megiera [feminine] (Polish), бой-ба́ба (boj-bába) [feminine] (Russian), drake [common-gender] (Swedish), rivjärn [neuter] (Swedish)
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  3. (informal) An electric guitar. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-battle_axe-en-noun-Rud6SC6b
  4. (Australia, usually spelt "battleaxe") An allotment of land at the rear of another property, with a long, narrow strip of land connecting it to the roadway. Tags: Australia Synonyms: flag lot
    Sense id: en-battle_axe-en-noun-3-W28I9k Categories (other): Australian English

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бой-ба́ба"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "belligerent woman",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "drake"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "belligerent woman",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rivjärn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "battle axe"
}

Download raw JSONL data for battle axe meaning in All languages combined (10.2kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Australia, usually spelt \"battleaxe\"",
  "path": [
    "battle axe"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "battle axe",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Australia, usually spelt \"battleaxe\"",
  "path": [
    "battle axe"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "battle axe",
  "trace": ""
}

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